Louis Moreau Institute Staff

Wesley Ducote

Artistic Director, 2025 - Present
​Assistant Artistic Director, 2022 - 2025
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A versatile pianist with roots in New Orleans and Lake Charles, Wesley Ducote regularly performs works dating from the Renaissance to the current decade as well as the standards in between. As an enthusiastic contemporary musician Mr. Ducote has performed many of the pillars of 20th/21st century repertoire from Wuorinen’s New York Notes to the Ligeti Piano Concerto. He is often seen collaborating with some of today’s brightest stars including composer/vocalist Kate Soper, Emmy winning composer and Vietnamese folk musician Van Anh Vo, flutists Leone Buyse and Carol Wincenc, soprano Ana Maria Martinez, and many others. Highlights of this season include premieres by composers Karim Al Zand, Anthony Brandt, Theo Chandler, and a new piano concerto by Max Vinetz. Ducote holds graduate and undergraduate degrees in music from Rice University, where he studied with Brian Connelly, as well as an undergraduate degree in mathematics. He currently resides in St. Petersburg, FL as an active freelancer and frequent keyboardist with the Florida Orchestra.

Stephen Montalvo

Executive Director, 2019 - Present
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Stephen Montalvo (b.1984) is an active composer and performer of acoustic and electronic music, as well as audiovisual installation artist based in New Orleans, LA where he lives with his wife and their two dogs, Snoop and Rose. He works to make new music accessible to wider audiences, creates playful and interactive installations, and occasionally jumps on stage with a punk rock percussion ensemble. Through his music, he explores concepts related to resonance and rhythmic interplay, works to promote equity in artistic experiences by creating agency for performers and audiences, and draws inspiration from social, ecological, and political concerns.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Morris Rosenzweig, Director
Alan Gerson, Associate Director
Mary Jane Ciccarello, Secretary
Seth Harris, Treasurer
Roger Dickerson
Lawrence Dutton
​Julie Schwam Harris
Lois Martin
Devin Maxwell
Mary Beth Meyer
Dennis Miller
Eric Murrell
​Chuck Taylor
Raymond Tymas-Jones